Peers meaning

The beekeeper opens the lower part of the hive and peers in.

juries, a petty jury, and a tribunal consisting of nearly all the lay peers of England, with the evidence before them which we do not now possess, should have all unanimously passed a sentence of guilt contrary to the facts and their convictions, and that such a sentence should have been supported by Anne's own father and uncle.

In 1901 he was made a member of the Austrian house of peers.

The Jewish aristocracy became peers of the Seleucid kingdom.

They miss out on opportunities to enhance their college applications, making them less likely to be accepted to the schools their more affluent peers will attend.